The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-03

Dwv on Articles Of Duty on Articles Of
Luxury. Necessity.
Ottsr OF roses, free. Castor oil, $50 per
Ncroii or orange flow Linsood oil, g. per
or oil, free. cent.
Diamonds. 10 per mt. comOn window glass,
~ per cent.
Raw silk, free. Raw wool, Is por cent.
JewelTy, q per cent. steel iils ,S per cent.
uOld studs, 70 pr cont. HOrshoo nails, ll6 per
cent,
Finest still wines. In Cheapest mixed wool
bottles, ~ per cont. on goods, costing
abroad "a cents per
yard, II per cent.
Finest thread lace. 30ISpool thread, 81 per
per cent, cent.
Fine Aubusson and Common ,druggets,
AKminstor Carpets,I costing abroad, ~
costing abroad 277I cents n yard, 10 per
yard, 10 per cent cent.
Finest India shawls, Com mon wool shawls,
costing abroad eayI costing abroad O.
S0a pound weight, cents a pound, 81
70 cents pound and per cont.
Upper cent. ad yalor-
en-, or say 4Oh per-
Silk stockings, so porlCommon worst stock
cent. ings, cOsting 20 cents
a pound abroad, u
cent.
Finest broadoloth, Common cloth, cost
costing IS pound ing 65 cents pound
abroad, IS cents a. abroad, lS5 cents a
pound aud 40 per pound and IS per
cont; Ad valorom, ad valorem, equal to
equal to shout Il per 80 per cont,
Pate do ioio gras, 5Rico. 1O6 per cent.
per cent.
Musical instrument IA, Galvan d wire, small.
Of ali kinds, Is per or than No; IS and
cont. notsmaller thanNo.
70 wire gauge, lS2
per cent. smaller
than No. Is, lb5 per
cent.
Duty on quart bottle Duty on 81 worth OF
OF champagne, cost bleAohed cotton fab
ing abroad 81 a bot rios, costing abroad
tie, 6S cents. 5% cents square
yard, 66% cents,
Curry and curry pow. Potatoes, is cents duty
der, lTee. per bushel.
Olives, Ereon or pro- Corn starch, S5h per
pared, free. cent.
spICOS Of all kinds, Salt, IS per cont duty.
Tree.
OF course this Is only a drop Ia
the bucket OF thousands oil other items
that might be treated In q similar
manner. And now l challenge the
journals who upho'd :our tariff syttem /:
Ersi-To print tAe above list, which
represents the greatest legal swirdle
Of the age. And
Second-To explain and vindica.e
the justice OF retaining these enor-
nous taxations. wish further to re-
mind you, my fellow citizens, tn at
when the question cams up in the
House last Saturday TO consider, re-
member, say, Consider" the advis-
ability OF reducing thess taxes, l54
mem 1ers OF Congress- composed OF
1871 Republicans and % DemocrAts)
ma ntained by their vote that the
question should not even be consider
ed. Remember, further, that for the
500. 100000 customs revenue that
goes into the Treasury, you, my fell
low t'zens, pay at least 81 ,OOO,0O0,-
600 into the pockets of monopolists
every wear. regret that l shall spoil
your Caristmas cheer. But II reason,
common sense, fair play and indie
psndence, which ought TO be the dis
tinguishing marks Of the American
citSsn, are not entirely subdued, this
very Christmas present may prove
mora useful to the future welfare CT
this free land than anything that you
could pojsioly have received during
the year. There was q time In this
country when such uncontTadicted
wrong and legal robbery was properly
aud lNwfully resented. How much OF
this spirit OF freedom aud independ-
ence is left in the present generation
to lift up not their hands but their
voices, in defense Of their rights, II is
for you to decide. Respectfully, your
fellow citizen, j. g. MOORE.
New YoRE, Wednesday, December ~, 1885,